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Downtown Porter Brown’s three-run home run elevates Texas to comeback win over Indiana

Downtown Porter Brown’s three-run home run elevates Texas to comeback win over Indiana

Evan Vieth, Senior Sports Reporter February 24, 2023

Porter Brown has been playing in front of the home crowd in Austin for just one week, but he’s already made his power evident with the Horns. The TCU transfer hit the team’s go ahead three-run home...

Texas baseball’s returning starters look to set the standard in 2023

Texas baseball’s returning starters look to set the standard in 2023

Nick Hargroue, General Sports Reporter February 23, 2023

Texas baseball entered the season unranked after losing to Texas A&M in the College World Series last year. Despite entering 2023 with a young, unproven starting roster, returners like junior outfielder...

Texas' Lebarron Johnson Jr. pitches against A&M-Corpus Christi on Feb. 21, 2022. Texas defeated A&M-Corpus Christi 12-2.

LBJ has a day, leading the Longhorns to a commanding 12-2 win

Evan Vieth, Senior Sports Reporter February 21, 2023

Lebarron Johnson Jr. has been on the Forty Acres since 2021, but Tuesday’s game has been his most memorable performance as a Longhorn. Johnson pitched the best game of his Longhorn career, striking...

Texas hopes recent pickups will solve offensive uncertainties in 2023

Texas hopes recent pickups will solve offensive uncertainties in 2023

Peter Sall, General Sports Reporter February 20, 2023

After reaching Omaha for two consecutive years, last year’s preseason No. 1 Texas baseball team looks to rebuild after losing some of its most familiar faces. Texas baseball’s success over the last...

Vanderbilt strikes early, sends Texas baseball home with a 12–2 loss

Vanderbilt strikes early, sends Texas baseball home with a 12–2 loss

Nick Hargroue, General Sports Reporter February 19, 2023

Texas baseball lost its third straight game to open the season, as Vanderbilt asserted its dominance early in an explosive second inning and never looked back in its 12–2 victory to end the College Baseball...

Longhorns come up just short in opening day pitchers duel in Arlington

Longhorns come up just short in opening day pitchers duel in Arlington

Evan Vieth, Senior Sports Reporter February 19, 2023

Despite quality pitching from junior Lucas Gordon and impactful hitting from transfers, Texas fell 3-2 to No. 8 Arkansas to kick off the 2023 season. Texas and Arkansas, alongside TCU, Vanderbilt, Missouri...

Sloppy play, miscommunication handicap Texas baseball as Missouri wins in walk-off fashion 6-5

Sloppy play, miscommunication handicap Texas baseball as Missouri wins in walk-off fashion 6-5

Nick Hargroue, General Sports Reporter February 18, 2023

Despite a gritty performance out of Texas baseball’s bullpen, Missouri proved to be the better team on Saturday, winning 6-5 with a walk-off double in the bottom of the ninth inning. Fielding mistakes...

Texas baseball non-conference preview

Texas baseball non-conference preview

Nick Hargroue, General Sports Reporter February 15, 2023

Texas baseball is two days away from facing its first opponents of the season, tasked with developing a young roster into a championship contender by season’s end. The 2023 schedule wastes no time...

Texas baseball is unranked for good reason, but don’t count it out

Texas baseball is unranked for good reason, but don’t count it out

Jordan Mitchell, Associate Sports Editor February 6, 2023

Despite Texas baseball spending back-to-back summers in Omaha in 2021 and 2022 for the College World Series, the Longhorns find themselves left out of D1 Baseball’s preseason Top 25.  While Kendall...

Small ball, pitchers’ duels result in alumni game tie, 4-4

Small ball, pitchers’ duels result in alumni game tie, 4-4

Evan Vieth, Senior Sports Reporter February 5, 2023

Familiar faces and Longhorn traditions highlighted the annual Texas baseball alumni game on Saturday. The game ended in a 4-4 tie headlined by good pitching and baserunning. “It’s so important,”...

A look back at former Texas baseball coach Cliff Gustafson’s decorated legacy

A look back at former Texas baseball coach Cliff Gustafson’s decorated legacy

Aakriti Singla, General Sports Reporter January 12, 2023

Former Texas baseball head coach Cliff Gustafson passed away at the age of 91, but his legacy lives on at the Forty Acres. Gustafson played for the Longhorns in the early 1950s as a middle infielder,...

Texas baseball to begin annual Fall World Series intra-squad event

Texas baseball to begin annual Fall World Series intra-squad event

Juan Ferro, sports reporter November 2, 2022

Continuing an annual tradition on the Forty Acres, Texas baseball will begin its three-game Fall World Series on Thursday. After a busy offseason with lots of turnover between departing players and...

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